I like to consider myself a reasonably accomplished baker. I started making sourdough during the lockdowns and I’ve experimented with everything from brioche to bagels in the time since. Last year, with Christmas looming, I felt a calling (with the possibly misplaced confidence of someone who hasn’t made an inedible loaf of bread yet) to try my hand at panettone.
As an A Level English student, I’ve been reminiscing in recent weeks about English over the years as I prepare to finish studying the subject forever, perhaps doubly so what with it being World Book Day this week. It’s undoubtedly true that for every good book you study, there are also some that feel like an immense chore. So, to remind you that English does actually get better, here’s a definitive ranking of every text studied by the Wimbledon High English Department. (Apologies for any missed texts – apparently, I’m old enough that we studied vastly different books to nowadays. Scary thought.)
On the day of this article’s release, it is one of the most important days of the year (particularly at Wimbledon High) – International Women’s Day! First observed in 1909 by the UN, International Women’s Day is dedicated to not only raising awareness of women’s issues, but also trying to pinpoint areas of change for the following year. This year’s theme is ‘Inspire Inclusion’, which aims to further women’s economic empowerment, with a particular focus on designing and building the infrastructure to allow economic development for women.
When two hands are not enough…
‘Portugal’s four greatest poets from the twentieth century were Fernando Pessoa’, writes Richard Zenith. At first glance this seems absurd and confusing, but Pessoa’s work breaks the boundaries of identity and personhood as he adopts a plethora of personae and writes not only for himself but for hundreds of voices. A man whose very name means ‘person’, Pessoa is anything but. He is an
